My solo exhibit of a new series of Spirit Portraits opened at the ArtCenter Sarasota on January 25, 2024. The opening Reception was held on Jan 25th from 6 to 8 p.m. Eastern. In “Black Women: Music of the Heart & Soul,” I celebrate Black women singers, songwriters, and composers who played groundbreaking roles in […]
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As some of you may know, none of my individual submissions were accepted into QuiltCon 2024. Please….No sadness!! Please don’t email me or comment to say how sorry you are that my work was declined or that it is their loss….etc., etc. Instead, let me share with you my thoughts and feelings about submitting, rejections
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The Quilting Storyteller By Regina Abernathy Regina Abernathy is an artist and storyteller who has self published a very personal book. In her book, she draws from her life experiences to show how she has captured and preserved African American history through her art quilts I was impressed by the very intimate way that she
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Art quilt tutorial on making text and using embellishments
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A few weeks ago I launched a new workshop on Sustainable Stashing: Creating an EcoFriendly Quilting Life. The participants and I are having lots of fun organizing and sewing our stash. (I plan on re-launcing this workshop again later this year.) In the workshop, I emphasize the importance of using your stash and finishing up
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This is sooooo exciting! Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi has been awarded a USA Artists Fellowship. Carolyn Mazloomi is one of 60 artists so honored. Visit her website HERE. Carolyn has been a mentor and friend for many, many years. It is so exciting to see her receive such a prestigious award as a recognition of all
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My favorite Sewlebrity is….Dr. Carolyn L. Mazloomi! Carolyn has been a champion for so many African American art quilters for many years. She has been a mentor to our entire community. We owe her a deep, deep debt of gratitude. And, the entire quilting and art community is richer and deeper and more vibrant and
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Well this is an easy post! I’m combining two post prompts in one. My Favorite Color: Yellow!! I have always used yellow or it’s cousin, gold. I’ve been using it a lot in my modern quilt designs. Yellow livens up the other colors. It adds vibrancy. I use deep or strong yellows–no pastels for this
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The prompt today for the Blog Challenge is “Most Impactful Class”. And it includes an announcement about a new type of class that I will be offering in 2021. My most impactful class experience Several years ago, I attended a 5 day independent study class taught by Linda MacDonald. Independent study classes are marvelous opportunities
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Today’s 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge prompt was ‘first quilt projects’ and I will share a few of those. And, I’m going to detour and also talk about just a few of my early important influences too. I started quilting over 30 years ago to make family quilts. Unfortunately, I don’t have photos of those
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